Improvement in atomizers



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE.

HENRY R. sPENcER, oE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN A'roMlzERs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,637, dated December2S, 1875 application filed November 18, 1875.

To all whom @Muay concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. SPENCER, of the city, county,.and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Atomizersor Vaporizers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

- This. invention has forits object the construction of an atomizerwhich shall be both simple and efficient; also, capable of beingcompacted in a very small compass, so that it may be convenientlycarried in the pocket, and not requiring any special bottle or vesselfor its use, but applicable to be used in connection with varioushousehold cups or vessels or toilet-bottles, even when ot'a much largercapacity or depth than is usual with hand-atomizers. It is designed notonly for diffusing perfumes or disinfectants, but also as a douche forvarious organs of the body, including the nose, eye, and ear, and fordiffer ent skin diseases, likewise for the treatment of irritative orindolcnt ulcers. The invention has more special reference to thoseatomizers which are operated by a collapsible bulb attached to anair-chamber or neck, from which the air-nozzle containing theliquid-nozzle within it projects. The invention consists in acombination of an inner tube bent to form the liquid-nozzle, with anouter hollow leg or tube, which forms a downward extension of Y theair-nozzle chamber, and-which is provided with a valve arranged belowthe bottom end of the inner tube, and serves to'close an orifice of lessarea than the orifice of the air-nozzle,

, whereby the outer tube forms a close champosed to construct said innertube with a liat-y tened nozzle at its outer end, in which is theliquid-discharge orilice, and tobend or turn up such portion of thenozzle, whereby not only the liquid is delivered in a thin stratumwithin the air-nozzle, but is made to cross npwardly and obliquely thecurrent of escaping air in the surrounding air-nozzle in close proximityto the outlet of the latter, thus producing a more perfect spray.

Figure l represent-s an exterior longitudinal: view or elevation ofmyimproved atomizer as applied to a bottle; Fig. 2, a longitudinal secaltion upon a larger scale ot' the main portionsv ot' the same detachedfrom the bottle, and. showing, by dotted lines, the inner tube whenbeing removed. Fig. 3 is a view of the discharge end of theliquid-nozzle.

A is the collapsible bulb, and I B the airneck or upperchamber on whichthe `bulb is mounted, and to which it is attached. cork or otherstopper, which may or may not be used accordingly asthe'atomizer is in-4tended to be applied to a bottle, D, which the cork is made to t, orsimply intended to be held by -the hand, while its suctiontube isinserted in an open-mouthed or other vessel not capable of being corked.When the cork-V or stopper is used, however, it should have a passagedown its side to admit air to the interior of the bottle. Said cork Gisfitted over a tube, E, which will here be termed the main outer tube,and which connect-s, by a screwthread, with the lower end of the upperair. chamber or neck B, so as to form adownward removable extension ofsaid neck. Gis the air-nozzle, which projects from the side oi' thechamber B, and screws into -the latter.

H is au inner liquid tube arranged to eX- tend down within the outertube E to a suitable distance above its bottom, which is closed, but hasa line valvular oriiice, b, through it closed by a ball or other valve,o, opening upward. Said inner liquid tube H is bent at its upper end toform a liquid nozzle, H', which enters in an insulated manner within theairlnozzle G, and so that its dischargeorilice d air-nozzle G is ofconsiderably greater area than the perforation or orifice b in thebottom `of the tube E, which is necessary to secure a H has itslower'leg or extension crooked, as

at f, wherebyv it is held in place by the main outer tube E, with itsnozzle H well forward. The nozzle H is of a flattened construction onopposite sides, forming a thin oblong discharge-orifice, d, whereby theliquid is delivered in a thin stratum, which is more readily split upinto a finespray by the air escaping through the nozzle G. The mainouter tube E may have connected with it in a detachable manner, as byscrewthreadv joints, `one or more extension suction-tubes, I, to adaptthe atomizer toa bottle or vessel of considerable depth--as, forinstance, to the long colognebottles of commerce. These extension-tubes,however, may be detached when it it is desired, to compact the atomizerfor transportaytion and otherwise.

In the operation of the instrument the main outer tube E forms both anair and liquid chamber, and the valve c serves to hold any liquid thatmay be drawn up into said chamber till discharged by the working of thebulb A through the distributing or spraying nozzles, so that, ifdesired, the atomizer may be charged with liquid in the tube E, andafterward be removed from the vessel from which it draws its supply, orit may be worked in connection `with any ordinary open household cup orvessel. It is found advisable to split the liquid, as itissues from theoritice d, into 4a tine spray by the air escaping through the nozzle G,to bend or project the liquid-nozzle H upward at its discharge end, asshown in the drawing, andwhereby the liquidi `is pre.- vented from beingdistributed in astream or drops; also, whereby a `convenient rest 1saiorded for the liquid-nozzle on theinterior bottom surface of theair-nozzle G. `By` this arrangement of the nozzle of the liquid-tube theliquid is projected in an upward direction obliquely across the currentof escaping air in the-surrounding air-nozzle, in close proxim-` ity to`the outlet of the latter, which action,

combined with the effect produced bythe ilat-` l tened constructionl ofthe outer end of the liquid-nozzle, gives the improved result, as above.

I claim?- f 1. The combination of theinner liquid-tube or chamber B, andthe collapsible bulb A, esd sentially as described. 4 t

3. The loose and removable innerwliquidtubeH constructed with a crook,f, intermediately of its length, in combination with the outer main tubeE,Vagainst which said crook i rests, the upperair chamber `or neck"B,`and the air-nozzle G, substantially as specified.` t y 4. Incombination, with the surrounding or inclosing air-nozzle G, theliquid-nozzle H', of1 R a ilattened construction on' its opposite sidesat itsdischarge-oriice d, and turned; up or` bent to discharge theliquid obliquely` across y in an upwardly direction, the escapingcurrent `of air within the air-nozzle G, in close proxirnt ity to theoutlet of thev latter, essentially as described.

d H. R. SPENCER. Witnesses MICHAEL RYAN, FRED. HAYNEs.

